Going through a break up...

kaseyhunter85

Its been 7+ months of devotion but I just can't do it anymore. Its taking away from time with my son, zapping my energy. Keeping me up late at night, early mornings. I am done. I just can't do it any longer. I am ending it....with my pump!

I EP and I am so over it. My period came back about 4 months ago and wrecked havoc on my supply. That on top of the time and energy devoted to it is just exhausting. I am so tired of washing pump parts and extra bottles and being tied to an electrical outlet all day long. My son received only breastmilk for the 1st 6 months of his life. I am proud of that and can't allow myself to feel guilty about being done! Those of you still BFing and EPing you are rockstars! 

I will miss my extra break at work though 

danniellemichelle

Great job mama! EP'ing is a lot of work; you should be so proud of yourself! ♥︎♥︎♥︎

FatPony

Good for you! That is a long time to pump! Enjoy having your life back!

sarapagan

Good for you! You are awesome!!  

chein1

So much respect!!! I don't know how any of you pumping/breastfeeding mamas do it!

kdoak2015

Kudos 

brittanispears

Congrats! I'm going the other direction: picking up pumping, again. Just a week ago, my supply start to pick up like it did when LO was first born so I'm trying to capitalize on that. Plus, formula is so expensive (yikes!). If it works out, great. If it doesn't, oh well. 

kaseyhunter85

That's awesome @brittanispears !! I would've kept going if my supply was even remotely keeping up. Its was just becoming disheartening to put all that effort in and not get "rewarded" as much as I had been. I totally hear ya on the cost thing...that was one of the biggest things holding me up because I'm a tightwad and didn't want to be paying for something I could provide for free haha! But luckily daycare provides it so we're just having to supply what he eats at home. Good Luck Mama!!!

lalena

EPing is SO hard! With DD, she was born tongue tied and just wouldn't BF. She lost a lot of weight when she came home and was very jaundiced so we had to supplement formula and I pumped. EPing was so hard. I made it like 3-4 months and couldn't do it anymore.

Still BFing DS here all meals except dinner time when he gets 8oz bottle of formula and I pump before bed. Trying to keep my supply up but this allergy season has been horrible and I've given in a few times or so to half a Zyrtec, which messes up my supply. Drinking cold Milkmaid Tea and pumping and hoping for the best.  I've got about 170oz of milk stored in the freezer so far. But, if my supply goes, so be it. I'll keep trying but I won't  feel too guilty having made it 8.5mths. My goal was 4 so I went way over my expectations. We all do what we have to do to have happy, healthy babies AND have our own sanity!

rms924

CONGRATS you should be so proud! I never ever thought EP and breastfeeding in general could be so hard. I gave up about a month ago and even though I miss the closeness and hate that my son is not loving the formula, I did all I could and need to celebrate that. You should too! Life is def better post pumping ! 

BrooklynBroussard

Congrats! My baby is self weaning because she eats so much, so I have to whip out the dreaded pump to keep my beasts from turning into painful boulders. I'll be so glad when I never have to use it again.

However, I love breastfeeding so much that it's painful to me that my baby is weaning.  I wanted to be